On 29 Aug 2004 at 9:53, Joao Carvalho wrote: > lets do a comparison in this way: The trees have their equivalent to > the zygotes which are theirs thousands of seeds. Now, very few ,if any > of these hundred of thousands of seeds, may turn to be a tree, but > following the argument of the "pro-life" then each one of these seeds > would have to be considered a complete tree. The fact is that a > zygote under very special favorable conditions MAY have the > possibility to to be transformed in a complete human being, but this > does not means that while in this stage of a zygote could be > confounded as if it were a human being. At this stage (of zygotes ) > they are only human undifferentiated cells and as any other (millions) > kind of human cells, of course do also have their own DNA. Best, Joao Are trees the same as human beings? Best, Bob Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. Neurological Surgery 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, CA 94704-2636 USA 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 <http://www.rafink.com/> "Ex Tristitia Virtus" Disclaimer: That which is written in my e-mail is not to be considered as "medical advice". Such advice can only be given after a formal, in-person, consultation between doctor and patient. ********************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn